At least it would make the last game of the season thrilling as all hell. I didn't think it'd happen, but after you guys lost to Florida, who knows? Nothing is impossible at this point. If we're out, we're going to try to drag you guys down with us.

Thank you. Like I say all the time, a short regular season doesn't change the fact that the playoffs are an entirely different beast. Still need 16 wins for the cup, and we swept a mid 90s Detroit team to get those final 4 wins. Sweeping Detroit in the mid 90s is no easy task.

Well you are generalizing. Usually between most sports rivals it becomes a debate of who has more championships. In this case the Devils, so this is all Rangers' fans have to fall back on. Either way, it's a legit cup win

Devils without Kovy for a stretch still have a chance in a full season as if he comes back healthy there's still time to make a run in the last quarter of the season.

Shortened seasons are all about depth and team chemistry. Less practices means you better gel with your mates off the hop. You can't afford to take 5-6 games to get into season shape like you normally can.

We were clearly the better team last year, but I've never seen a team get further inside the head of another team as much as you guys did. The mental shit wasn't there this year, so I wouldn't have been worried. It would have been a hard fought series, but I think our scoring would have been too much for you guys to handle. We added a lot of sandpaper, and got better on D. Our goaltending has been solid. I'm more worried about the rangers.

I'm sorry, I'm as faded as your flair right now. Clearly we had the better line up, but I understand why a filthadelphia fan would want to live in the past. You were in our heads. We didn't play our game. That's why you won. Congrats. But we're in here now. You're not. It's a long road back to the playoffs for you guys. I'm not saying I haven't been there, but I'm going to enjoy the years of misery you are about to face.

Eh...don't get too excited, the Flyers will be in the mix again next year. Get our blue line healthy, lighten the load a little (Briere, and hopefully Hartnell), pick up one more solid D man, and we're good to go. If this was a full season, I think we would have made it in this year anyway.

Oh well, doesn't matter how out-matched the Pens and Flyers are, they're always great games! Good luck in the playoffs, even though I hope you lose in 4 straight :)

I agree that the Penguins would have won. I think it would have taken 6-7 though.

The new guys aren't in on the mental shitshow, but I think it still would have happened enough to drag the series out a bit. Sid/Geno would still get sucked in quite a bit. But the additions of guys like Morrow and Iggy would ultimately have proven the difference.

I'm just excited to watch the playoffs anyway. In a very weird way, it'll be a different kind of fun with the Flyers out of it. I get to just objectively watch playoff hockey with nothing invested in it. It's like playing with house money.

That's part of why I was so surprised by the Devils this season. They saw the Flyers get under the Pens' skin last year and didn't buy into their mind games for a second. So to watch the team suffer a complete mental breakdown and start arguing with the refs like children in the make-or-break game of the year was beyond disappointing.

This year is going to be all about the North East. I'm surprised you guys collapsed like you did. The Flyers had serious holes, so I wasn't surprised to see them go out first, but I expect the Rangers and Islanders to seriously show up. Maybe not advance, but definitely play some good hockey.

But Boston v Ottawa, Montreal v Toronto, damn. Those games are going to be intense. God I want to see that.

I mean I think the Rangers could beat you guys, anythings possible, it's just more unlikely. Boston and MTL have been falling and I would definitely take one of them, same with Washington. Any opponent in the playoffs will be hard, so it's really picking your poison.